CrimsonFlame

Someone needs to mess Torres up

That happens so often you should be used to it by now

So if a goalie has a "good" year on an above average team, and a "bad" year on an average team, what does that mean? That the defense was making him look better than he really is.

Eh well. I don't believe in curses or jinxes. But that's just me. Plus we'd have to get hot if we want to take the trophy right? So isn't now the time to get hot anyway?

I would too, but why not win them both?

Let's win this one to show the canucks we want that president's trophy damnit.

Kick some ass Datsyuk

Yeah but Osgood was a vet who had proved multiple times he can turn it on in the post season. Howard hasn't really proved anything yet. He's still relatively untested.

Hey that's fine. There's nothing wrong with that. Some people would rather spend a little more on a more consistent and better preforming goalie at the cost of a forward or two. Just two differing opinions. I do however think Jmac has been playing above Howard's level lately and should be given a few starts just to see what he can really do now. Plus if he doesn't work out than maybe that will make Jim work harder to get a starting spot back and give him some much needed rest before the post season if he's our guy.

Even better then. We're not paying for him to be anything other than mediocre. The real question is do we want to pay for a better goalie or are we happy with what we have.

Howard has been mediocre all year. He has some flashes of brilliance and then offsetting flashes of bad. It all averages out to him being mediocre. Yes the defense hasn't been great. But be honest to yourself here. What separates mediocre goalies from the elite goalies? The elite ones make those saves that they had no chance too. The elite goalies steal multiple games a year by standing on their head and making what should be impossible saves. That's why they get paid the big bucks. Howard gets paid what, a little over 2 mil a year? He shouldn't be expected to be anything other than mediocre when we're getting him so cheaply. The problem comes when one side makes Howard out to be the greatest goalie in the league and the other side makes him out to be the worst goalie in the league. He's neither extreme. He's average. That being said, at this point I'd rather see Macdonald get the majority of the next few games. He's really played well the last few outtings. Howard hasn't earned the starting job.

This is exactly how I feel. We won't know if the "switch" is on until we see how they come out tomorrow. If they play their hearts out tomorrow and the next night then maybe it is on. But they might come out in exactly the same way.

What if Nashville stays the 7 seed? We can't be them to save our lives.

At least we got a point

Well f***

OH my god macdonald I love you

Yeahhhhh Jmac

Macdonald has been playing like a champ lately. He's got this

Here we go shootout

What fun would the game be without dozens of self-contradictory anecdotes that have nothing to do with the game?

Here we go OT time to finish it guys.

Good kill now finish it

SOO CLOSE

Go hard for 4 more minutes guys. *edit* And OT if needed

Pittsburgh sure seems to loose their composure real quick when things aren't going their way.